Grammar videos: Relative clauses exercises

Watch the video on our website and read the

conversation between Sophie and Anita. Then do these
exercises to check your understanding of relative
clauses.

1. Check your grammar: true or false

Circle True or False for these sentences.

1. Relative clauses describe or give extra information about something. True False

We use relative pronouns like which, that, who and where at the beginning
2. True False
of relative clauses.

The information in relative clauses is always essential for understanding

3. True False
the sentence.

Some relative clauses give additional information which is not essential for
4. True False
understanding.

5. Relative clauses that give additional information are called 'defining'. True False

6. Relative clauses are always in the middle of a sentence. True False

We can use exactly the same relative pronouns in defining and non-
7. True False
defining relative clauses.

8. The punctuation is different for defining and non-defining clauses. True False

2. Check your grammar: gap fill

Write a relative pronoun (that, which, who, where, when or whose) to fill each gap.

1. That's the house _______________ I was born.

2. My Auntie Ella, _______________ is a journalist, is coming to visit next week.

3. People _______________ like outdoor activities will love our holidays.

4. The early 1960s, _______________ the Beatles first started, was a very exciting time in popular
culture.

5. My essay on Shakespeare, _______________ I found quite difficult, got a really good mark in the
end.
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6. The Mayans, _______________ lived in Central America, built many stunning temples.

7. That's the girl _______________ brother is in your class.

8. The snake _______________ was in the garden last week belongs to our next-door neighbour.

3. Check your grammar: error correction

Correct the mistakes with relative clauses or punctuation and write the sentences on the line below.

1. The Glastonbury Festival, which is held every June is the largest music festival in the world.

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2. I always get on well with people, who love animals.

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3. Lets go to the caf which they sell pizza.

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4. Queensland and Victoria, that are Australian states, are named after Queen Victoria.

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5. I've got to text that boy which I was telling you about.

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6. That's the restaurant that my father met my mother.

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7. I've got a message from Thomas, who skis Im going to borrow.

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8. At midnight when the fireworks start, the band is going to start playing.

Discussion

Do people still follow traditions or use old ways of doing things where you live? What do they do?